Chester Bluecoat Charity provide £500 boost to Adoption Matters

Children’s charity and voluntary adoption agency, Adoption Matters is delighted to be chosen as a recipient of a £500 grant from The Chester Bluecoat Charity.

The Chester Bluecoat Charity works to change the lives of people in need throughout the city and the surrounding area and awards grants to organisations that use education and community development to improve people's lives.

As Adoption Matters' head office is based in Chester, as are their roots dating back 76 years, the charity is honoured to be recognised by an organisation that mirrors their own ethos in striving to improve the lives of others.

Adoption Matters Fundraising and Relationship Manager, Annie O’Neill, commented:

“We are absolutely delighted to have been awarded this grant which will help fund our children’s choir, which we plan to re-ginite in 2024. 

“The funds will be invaluable to provide a community space for children to come together in a safe environment, learn to sing and record songs whilst also providing a chance for our adoptive parents to meet up and chat with other parents.”

The Adoption Matters Centre for Adoption Support Choir runs once a month and is free of charge for all Adoption Matters approved adopters.

For more information about Adoption Matters and their support to families, visit: 

www.adoptionmatters.org/cfas

Adoption Matters is a children’s charity and one of the largest voluntary adoption agencies in the UK and the only adoption service in the UK to be rated Outstanding by Ofsted 5 times in a row.

The charity has been finding permanent, loving families for children since 1947 and offers ongoing training and support to adopter families, birth families and adopted adults. 

The charity covers the whole of the North of England, Stoke, Staffordshire, Shropshire and parts of Wales.

They have offices in Durham, Leeds, Blackburn, Chester, Manchester, Hale, Warrington and Stoke.

Pictured - Adoption Matters Finance and Business Manager, Karen Davies, receives cheque off The Chester Bluecoat CEO Mike Jenkins.